Means for attaching a quiver to an archery bow



Oct. 5, 1965 J. HAUCH MEANS FOR ATTAGHING A QUIVER TO AN ARCHERY BOWFiled Dec 29. 1961 FIG, 1.

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JOHN HAUCIH BY ATTORNEY Oct. 5, 1965 J. HAUCH 3,209,740

MEANS FOR ATTACHING A QUIVER TO AN ARCHERY BOW Filed Dec. 29, 1961321zzets--$heet 3 I NV ENTOR JOHN HAUCH ATTORNEY United States Patent3,209,740 MEANS FUR ATTAHING A QUIVER TO AN ARCHERY BOW John Hench,Stevensviile, Mich, assignor, by mesne assignments, to Grayling StateBank, Grayling, Mich,

a corporation of Michigan Filed Dec. 29, 1961, Ser. No. 163,206 18Claims. (Cl. 124-24) This invention relates to novel means forreleasably attaching a quiver to an archery bow.

In the past, quivers have been attached to archery bows by means ofscrews, bolts, or tape which is not only inconvenient, but maypermanently mar the appearance of the bow and also damage the bowstructure.

Since most State laws require a bow to be in a case when transported, itis usually necessary to remove any attached quiver prior to placing itin the case. Also, situations arise where the archer might wish to usethe bow without the quiver or he might desire to transfer the quiverfrom a small bow to a larger bow, or viceversa. In addition to the timeand inconveniencejnvolved in making the change, the archer frequentlyfinds that the means of attaching the quiver to the bow does not lenditself to adjustment of dilferent bow sizes.

Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide anovel means of attaching a quiver to an archery bow which means will notin any way mar the appearance of the bow or weaken its structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for attaching aquiver to an archery bow whereby said means is readily adjustable so asto adapt the quiver to bows of different sizes.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for attaching aquiver to a bow which is equally adaptable for use by either right orleft-handed archers.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for attaching aquiver to a bow which may be quickly and easily accomplished without theuse of tools of any kind.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means for attaching aquiver to a bow which is economical to manufacture, attractive inappaerance, and efficient in use under field conditions, as well astournament or practice conditions.

With these and other objects in view which will more readily appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a left side elevation showing a quiver attached to a typicalbow by slidably adjustable attachin g means.

FIGURE 2 is a rear elevation of the bow and attached quiver shown inFIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a right side elevation showing the quiver with the attachingmeans secured thereto prior to attachment to the bow.

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged detail of the bottom of the quiver shown inFIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is a rear elevation of the upper hook member only of thequiver, prior to attachment to the frame of the quiver and to the bow.

FIGURE 6 is a right side elevation of the upper hook member only of thequiver, prior to attachment to the frame of the quiver and to the bow.

FIGURE 7 is a rear elevation of the lower hook member only of thequiver, prior to attachment to the base of the frame of the quiver andto the bow.

3,289,748 Patented Oct. 5, 1965 FIGURE 8 is a right side elevation ofthe lower hook member only of the quiver, prior to attachment to thebase of the frame of the quiver and to the bow.

FIGURE 9 is a perspective view of another type of quiver with aresiliently adjustable form of attaching means secured to a bow.

FIGURE 10 is a left side elevation of a single wire attaching meansonly, and possessing both an upper hook member and a lower hook member,prior to attachment to an alternate frame of the quiver and to the bow.

FIGURE 11 is a rear elevation of a single wire attaching means only, andpossessing both an upper hook mem her and a lower hook member, prior toattachment to an alternate frame of the quiver and to the bow.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawing.

Referring to the quivers shown in FIGURES 1-8 and 9-11, respectively,they each consist essentially of a frame member (A and A respectively)having a base (B and B respectively) to each of which is respectivelysecured an arrow-shaft holding rack (C and C respectively). A hood (Dand D respectively) is secured to the upper part of each frame toreceive and shield arrow heads.

In the quiver assembly shown in FIGURES 1-4, the frame A includes a pairof generally U-shaped members formed of bent wire or rod havingvertically disposed side rails 10 and diagonally disposed inner rails 11which impart rigidity to the frame structure. The webs 12 of eachU-shaped member are secured to a back plate 13 of the base B by means ofclips 14. The plate 13 is provided with a bottom flange 15 to which therack C is attached and grooves 16 are pressed in the plate so that theadjacent portion of the quiver frame will nestle therein. The baseassembly is completed by a cover 17 having grooves 18 complemental tothe grooves 16 in the plate 13. The cover 17 is attached to the plate 13by means of fasteners 19.

In both the embodiments shown in FIGURES 1-8 and in FIGURES 9ll. Theattaching means for securing the quiver to the bow EE consists broadlyof providing upper and lower hook members HU, HU' and HL, HL,respectively, formed of spring wire and including stems 20 and 20, apair of spaced parallel arms 22, 22' and 23, 23', and a connecting webportion 24, 24.

FIGURES 1-8 illustrate a slidably adjustable form of attaching meanswhich can be adapted to fit bows of various sizes. The upper and lowerhook members I-IU and HL in this instance are separately attached to thequiver, as will now be described. The upper hook member HU has a steeplydownwardly inclined stem 20, which connects to arm 23 (FIG. 2). Arms 22,23, web 24, and stem 20, in their non-bow contacting positions (solidline of FIG. 3), are all in the same vertical plane. The trace of thisplane is indicated by PV1PV1 in FIG. 3 and FIGURES 6 and 8.

Connected to the stem 20 is a depending body portion including slightlydownwardly inclined member 25, vertical member 26, member 27approximately parallel to 25 and a lower terminal vertical portion 28.All por tions of the depending body 25, 26, 27, 28 are in a secondvertical plane which perpendicularly intersects the first mentionedplane. The trace of this second plane is indicated by PVZ-PVZ in FIG. 2and FIGURES 5 and 7.

Thus, the upper member HU, extending from a base portion 28 to a topportion 22, has six simple bends and one compound bend. Three upperbends, between 22-24, between 24-23 and between 23-20 are coplanar, allin the plane whose trace is designated PVIt in FIG. 3 and FIGURES 6 and8. Three lower bends, between 25-26, between 26-27, and between 27-28are similarly coplanar but in a vertical plane perpendicular to thefirst plane, that is the latter three bends are in the plane whose traceis designated by PVZ in FIG. 2 and FIG- URES and 7. The compound bend K1is between the three upper and the three lower bends and is between20-25 and is at the vertical intersection of the two planes.

The portions 26, 27 and 28 of the hook body 25 are releasably secured tothe rails by means of clamps 29, which are adjustable by set screws 36to permit vertical slidable adjustment of the hook HU as indicated bydotted lines in FIGURE 3.

It will be observed that the compound bend K1 is located innon-contacting relationship with respect to a medial portion of astraight reference line SR1 extending from the bend 23-20 in alignmentplane PVI, to the bend 25-26 in alignment plane PVZ. This line is shownby dashes and double dots near the top of FIG. 3 and FIGURES 5 and 6.The bend at 23-23 is at the target side of the bow, and at the end oflower arm 23; and therefore when the quiver is attached to the bowlimbs, the upper limb of the bow exerts on the wire at this point aforce having an upward component. The bend at 25-26 is at the upperattachment point of the wire to the rail I0, and therefore the quiverrail exerts on the wire at this point a force having a downwardcomponent. The wire portion containing the compound bend or kink 1 istherefore under tension when the quiver is attached to the bow asindicated above. The kink therefore has a tendency to straighten outthus providing an adjustable and resilient connection between the top ofthe quiver and the upper portion of the bow.

The lower hook member I-IL possesses horizontal parallel arms 22-23, web24 and steeply upwardly inclined stem 21. These elements in theirnon-bow contacting positions (solid line FIG. 3) are in the samevertical plane as the upper hook, namely in the plane whose trace isshown by PVI in FIG. 3 connected to the top of stem 21 is a body portionwhich includes a short vertical portion 31L which is at the intersectionof planes PVI and PV2. The bend or kink 21-3IL is denoted on FIG. 3 asK3. At the top end of 31L but located in plane PVZ is a short slightlyinclined wire portion 3llU. The bend or king 31L-31U is denoted on FIG.3 as K2. Continuing from 31U is a horizontal wire portion 32 which isbent upwardly so that the terminal portion 33 is parallel to thevertical plane PVI and in plane PV2. Elements 3IU, 33 and 33 arecoplanar (all are in plane PV2).

It will be observed that kinks K2 and K3 are both located innon-contacting relationship with respect to a medial portion of astraight reference line from the bend 32-31 in alignment plane PV2 tothe bend 232ll in alignment plane PVJl. This straight line is shown bydashes and double dots near the bottom of FIG. 3.

Thus, in FIGS. 1-4 both the upper and lower spring wire attachment meansof the quiver to the bow have at least one kink between the quiver andthe bow. This kink structure is referred to in the claims by theexpression resilient adjustment means as the bends or kinks actsimilarly to a small coil spring between the quiver and the bow andmakes possible a slight adjustment in length of the attaching arms.

As shown in FIGURES 3 and 4, the terminal portion 33 of the body 31 andthe angularly bent portion 32 thereof rest in the grooves 16 of the backplate 13. When the cover plate 17 is secured to the back plate 13, thelower hook member HL is gripped in the complemental grooves 16 and I8and is securely held in position.

The embodiment shown in FIGURES 9-11, illustrates a non-slidablyadjustable form of attaching means and consists of a single piece ofspring wire 34, the opposite ends of which are bent to form hook membersHU and HL previously referred to, while the medial portion 35 is weldedor otherwise secured to an adjacent side rail 10' of the frame A. One ormore screw clamps similar to 29, 30 of the first embodiment may be usedto secure this medial portion 35 to the adjacent side rail 10'. Themedial portion 35 of this type of one-piece attaching means is bent orbowed slight (rightwardly in FIG. 9) out of the vertical plane of thestems 20', 21' as indicated at 36, 36, so as to offset the quiver fromthe bow so that it will not interfere with the drawing of the bow stringor the sighting of the arrow. Bends or kinks 36, 36 are located innon-contacting relationship with respect to a medial portion of straightreference lines SRL3 and SRIA extending between the inward ends ofhorizontal arms 23, 23, and the extreme points of attachment of themedial portion 35, 35, and thus each bend 36, 36 is also a kink (see K4,K5 of FIG. 11) and each acts as the aforementioned shapes K1, K2, K3 ofthe first modification and makes possible a slight adjustment in lengthof the attaching means.

Where a large adjustment in vertical length of the attaching means isdesired, the first structure of FIGS. 1-8 should be used, as the upperhook member HU is slidably secured to the rail 10, thus giving greatervertical adjustment than the resilient adjustment means K1, K2, K3alone. However, lesser vertical adjustability of the attaching means issometimes sufficient, in which case, the structure of FIGURES 9-11 ispreferable, as it is simpler than the structures of FIGS. 1-8, and it isproof against accidental extensions by working loose of screws 36, etc.As mentioned above, elements 36, 36 of the FIG. 5 structure makespossible this slight vertical adjustability.

In both forms of the invention, the parallel arms, the web, and anadjacent portion of the stems of the hook members, are coated withrubber or a plastic material 37 to provide a non-slip cushioning surfacewhen the arms are in engagement with the normally highly polished andslick surface of the average bow and will also prevent marring of thefinish of the bow. The remainder of the attachment means, such as 25-28(FIGURES 3, 5, and 6), 3IT to 33 (FIGURES 3, 7, 8), and the middleportion (FIGURES 8, 9, 10) between 36, 36 are not coated, thus leavingthese parts with their natural spring action.

Either form of quiver may be quickly and easily attached to the handlesection F of a bow, by holding the bow in the left hand, and with thequiver in the right hand, the arm 22 of the upper hook HU or HU isplaced against the face 40 of the bow above the sight window S, and thelower arm 23 is placed in engagement with the back 41 of the bow. Thelower hook member HL or HL is then applied to the bow by pulling thequiver rearwardly (towards the back of the bow, as the right side inboth FIGS. 2 and 9) and placing the arm 23 of the lower hook HL or HLagainst the back surface of the bow below the sight window and then thelowermost arm 22 is snapped over the side of the bow so that 24 engagesthe face of the bow. In attached position, the bow is cradled betweeneach pair of arms with the sighting edge of the bow (the front or leftside in FIGS. 2 and 9) abutting the web 24, as shown clearly in FIG-URES 2 and 9. The disposition of the arms just referred to may bealtered if desired; however, the method of attachment just describedaffords maximum security of bow and quiver since the bottom hook I-IL orHL is placed under greater tension by following the method described.

In either form of the invention the spacing of the quiver from the sideof the bow may be varied by lengthening the arms 23, 23, which providesa deeper pocket or cradle for the bow to rest in when the sighting edgeof the bow is moved to a position flush against the web 24-.

It should be understood that the embodiment of the invention describedand illustrated is believed to be the best embodiment. However, theinvention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described andillustrated, within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A quiver attachment for an archery bow comprising, in combination, avertical quiver frame including arrow holding means secured thereto,means for removably attaching said quiver frame to the bow, said meanscom prising upper and lower flexible members connected to said frame, akinked member portion adjacent the frame connection, the free end ofeach of said members out wardly beyond the kink being offset from allportions of said frame and bent to form a pair of spaced, horizontallyextending arms with a vertical web portion connecting said arms, saidkinked portion adapted by its reaction to tension or compression forcesthereon to adjustably position the free end portions, and said armsadapted to engage and grip said how on opposite ends of the handlesection and thereby retain said quiver in position.

2. A quiver attachment for an archery bow comprising, in combination, aframe, arrow holding means secured to said frame, upper and lowerhorizontally directed pairs of flexible arms with a vertical web portionconnecting said arms, the innermost arm of each pair connected to aninwardly directed stern, each stem connected to a kinked flexibleportion and the latter terminally secured to the frame, the flexiblearms adapted to snap on to said bow so that one arm of each pair of armsengages the face of the bow and the other arm of each pair engages theback of said how, to thereby secure the quiver attachment to the bowwith a firm grip.

3. The structure of claim 2, wherein each of the pairs of arms arecovered with a non-marring, non-slip cushionin g material.

4. In combination with a quiver having a frame, means for attaching thequiver to an archery bow, said means comprising a vertical spring wiremember, the medial portion of which is attached to one side of saidframe, each end of said member bent to form a connected pair of spacedapart arms adapted to engage and grip the bow on opposite ends of thehandle section, a substantially straight intermediate wire portionbetween the medial portion and each end portion, each intermediateportion containing a first end bend connecting to the medial portion tobow the intermediate portion out of the vertical plane of the medialportion and towards the vertical axis of the bow, and a second andreverse end bend, or kink in the opposite end of the intermediateportion to redirect the wire to a direction parallel to the medialportion, a stem member connecting each intermediate portion to an end ofeach inner one of each pair of spaced apart arms, the reverse bends orkinks by their reaction in use to pairs of opposed forces acting thereonserving as means to provide a slight adjustment in the distance apart ofthe gripping positions on the bow by the arms.

5. The combination according to claim 4, wherein each of said pairs ofarms are disposed at substantially right angles to the longitudinal axisof the medial portion of the spring wire member.

6. The combination according to claim 5, wherein the inner arm of eachpair of arms is of sufiicient length to space the medial portion of thespring wire member and the quiver attached thereto horizontally awayfrom the bow to provide ample room for the bow gripping hand.

7. The combination with a bow and quiver, of connector means carried bythe quiver, said connector means each having hooked end portions forengaging said how at similar locations each side of the handle section,and means for adjusting the distance between said end portions of theconnector means and consequently the distance between the engaginglocations, said means including kinks in each connector, to therebypermit attachment of the quiver to bows of different lengths.

8. The structure of claim 7, wherein said adjusting means includes kinksin each connector, and one connector with a longitudinally adjustablequiver clamp.

9. A structure for removably attaching a quiver to a bow comprising,

upper and lower flexible bar means connectable to a quiver,

the opposed ends of the means including pairs of horizontally extendingarms with a vertical web portion connecting the arms,

a stem attached to and making a sharp angle with the end of eachinnermost arm,

the arms, web, and stem being coplanar,

a depending body portion attached to the innermost end of each stem andattachable to the quiver,

each body portion making an abrupt angle with each stem,

whereby a kink is present in both the upper portion and the lowerportion of the bar means,

to absorb opposing forces between the quiver and the ends of theflexible bar means, when the structure is adjustably attached to the bowby engagement of the arms and the bow.

19. The structure of claim 9, wherein the upper and lower bar means areseparate.

11. The structure of claim 9, wherein the upper and lower bar means iscontinuous.

12. The structure of claim 1, wherein the quiver frame includes at leastone generally U-shaped wire member including a vertical side rail and ahorizontal web at the base of the member,

a bottom plate and a facing bottom cover withcomplemental groovestherein shaped to accept the web and adjacent portions of the wire.member therebetween, and fastening means between plate and cover tothus nestle the said member portions therein,

an arrow-shaft holding rack attached to the bottom plate, and arrangedwith receiving slot means outward of both plate and cover,

a hood secured to the top of the side rail and provided withslot-aligned means to receive and shield the arrow heads.

13. The structure of claim 12 wherein the bottom plate is provided witha bottom flange, and the rack is attached to said flange.

14. The structure of claim 12, wherein the bottom plate and bottom coverare provided with a horizontally aligned opening, and the rack partiallyprojects through the opening.

15. The structure of claim 12 wherein the quiver frame includes a pairof generally U-shaped wire members each including a vertical side rail,a horizontal web at the base of each member, and a diagonally disposedinner rail, the inner rails crossing each other at about mid height ofthe frame, and the diagonal rail of each U- shaped member connected atits top to the top of the vertical rail of the opposed U-shaped member.

16. In a quiver attachment for archery bows, said quiver including aframe with at least one straight vertically extending side rail,

an upper and a lower spring wire attaching hook each of a similar shapeto the perimeter of a limb of the bow at opposed slanting cross sectionsadjacent the handle section of the how,

each hook opening in the same side direction, each hook possessing astem portion directed generally toward the stem of the other hook, andeach hook and stem enclosed within a resilient covering,

a bare spring wire connected to and vertically extending between saidstems, and including a straight medial portion of suflicient length asto be firmly aflixed to one of said side rails for substantially thecomplete height of said side rail,

whereby the hooks are adapted to yieldingly engage said opposite limbsof the bow and said hooks and base connecting wire acting as units, areadapted to '7 releasably position a quiver adjacent the midsection ofthe bow.

17. An archery bow in combination with a manually I attachable andremovable quiver,

the quiver including a vertical frame which is positioned horizontallyaway from the vertical side of the bow and adjacent but spaced from thehandle section of the bow,

the quiver being relatively thin in lateral dimension and having alarger dimension from front to rear so as to obscure a minimum of viewfrom the rear in the general forward direction of a target,

a pair of vertically oppositely directed resilient bent connections eachpermanently attached to the quiver frame, and each frictionallycontacting an opposed limb of the bow by a terminal open hook includingangularly related arms and connecting web, said two connections solelypositioning the quiver near said handle section of the bow,

and each limb of the bow being peripherally angular in cross sectionwithin each hook to reduce forward and rearward mispositioning of thequiver.

18. A thin quiver including a frame made up of a forwardly andrearwardly extending base, two vertical coplanar side rails and a hood,

each side rail connected at a lower end to an end of said base, the basecarrying at least one rack for holding the shaft of at least one arrowand each side rail connected at an upper end to said hood, the latterconstructed to receive a head of at least one rack-held arrow,vertically spaced apart means for manually attaching said frame to anddetachably removing it from a midheight portion of an archery bow, saidmeans consisting of two oppositely directed bent wire members firstfirmly attached to said frame at one end, then directed vertically andslantingly towards separate bow limbs, and finally terminating at theopposite end with similarly oriented open hooks which are so formed asto snugly but slidingly fit the major portion of the periphery of aportion of a limb which is more distant from the center and hand portionof the bow than are the extremes of said adjacent base and hood.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS RICHARD C.PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

WALTER A. SCHEEL, LOUIS R. PRINCE, Examiners.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No.3,209,740 October 5, 1965 John Hauch corrected below.

Column 3, line 16, for "SR1" read SRLl column 3, lines 44, 45 and 49,for "31U", each occurrence, read 31T column 3, line 45, for "king" readkink column 6, line 75, for "base" read bare Signed and sealed this 7thday of February 1967.

(SEAL) Attest:

ERNEST w. SWIDER EDWARD J. BRENNER Attesting Officer Commissioner ofPatents

7. THE COMBINATION WITH A BOW AND QUIVER, OF CONNECTOR MEANS CARRIED BYTHE QUIVER, SAID CONNECTOR MEANS EACH HAVING HOOKED END PORTIONS FORENGAGING SAID BOW AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS EACH SIDE OF THE HANDLE SECTION,AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS OF THECONNECTOR MEANS AND CONSEQUENTLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ENGAGINGLOCATIONS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING KINKS IN EACH CONNECTOR, TO THEREBYPERMIT ATTACHMENT OF THE QUIVER TO BOWS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS.